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4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Parentage \Par"ent*age\ (p[^a]r"ent*[asl]j; 277), n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.] Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. "Wilt thou deny thy parentage?" --Shak. [1913 Webster] Though men esteem thee low of parentage. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: parentage n 1: the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man" [syn: {parenthood}] 2: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents [syn: {birth}] 3: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent}, {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry}, {origin}, {stemma}, {stock}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parentage": ancestry, birth, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, grandfatherhood, grandmotherhood, grandparentage, heritage, line, lineage, origin, parenthood, pedigree, progenitorship, roots, stock, strain From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: PARENTAGE. Kindred. Vide 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1955; Branch; Line.
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